The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide (Bruce Perens Open Source) - Softcover

Terpstra, John H.; Vernooij, Jelmer R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131453556 ISBN 13: 9780131453555

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

The "Official Samba 3 How-To and Reference Guide" is a must have for anyone administering Samba, and perfect for MS Windows( network administrator's switching over. The book begins with a general introduction and then launches administrators directly into an overview of familiar server configurations.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"The breadth of technical information provided in this book ensures that even the most demanding of administrators will find something they need."
--Andrew Tridgell, President of the Samba Team and the original author of Samba

The practical, authoritative, step-by-step guide to cutting IT costs with Samba-3!

This is the definitive guide to using Samba-3 in production environments. It begins with the immense amount of HOWTO information published by the Samba Team and volunteers around the world . . . but that's just the beginning. The book's Samba Team editors have organized and edited this material around the practical needs of working Windows(R) administrators. UNIX(R)/Linux administrators will find all the answers they need as well.

Whether you're deploying Samba for the first time, integrating Samba into a Windows 200x Active Directory environment, migrating from NT 4 or Samba 2.x, or using Samba in a UNIX/Linux environment, you'll find step-by-step solutions, carefully edited for accuracy, practicality, and clarity. You'll learn all you need to make intelligent deployment decisions, get running fast, and use Samba-3's powerful new features to maximize performance and minimize cost.

Step-by-step installation techniques and proven configurations that work "right out of the box."

• Essential Samba-3 information that leverages your Windows networking knowledge
• Detailed coverage of Samba-3's powerful new user/machine account management, network browsing, and mapping capabilities
• Authoritative explanations of advanced features such as interdomain trusts and loadable VFS file system drivers
• Clear information on how Samba-3 handles Windows desktop/user policies and profiles
• Practical techniques for optimizing network printing
• Specific guidance for migration from Windows NT 4 or Samba 2.x
• Troubleshooting techniques that draw on the knowledge of the entire Samba community

About the Author:

Editors JOHN H. TERPSTRA and JELMER R. VERNOOIJ are members of the global Samba Team, a loose-knit group of about 30 people who contribute regularly to Samba. John H. Terpstra is a co-founder of the Samba Team.

Series Editor BRUCE PERENS is an Open Source evangelist, developer, and consultant whose software is a major component of most commercial embedded Linux offerings. He founded or co-founded Linux Standard Base, Open Source Initiative, and Software in the Public Interest. As Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, he was instrumental in getting the system on two U.S. Space Shuttle flights.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131453556
• ISBN 13: 9780131453555
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 736